best books for C#?

What are the best books to read to learn C#?
I have programming experience and have actually done some stuff in C# before but want a structured book.
I found the following but the seem about 5 years old:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...lance&n=283155

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...books&v=glance

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1...lance&n=283155

I would mainly want to use it for web development even though I usually prefer PHP for that.

I also need to know how to do reporting, some Business Intelligence, etc.

Microsoft Press books are the best, IMHO

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Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT

Microsoft Press books are the best, IMHO

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But that will primarily be aimed at Visual Studio .NET, which I don't have. I have SharpDevelop.

Sorry to say but SharpDevelop as good as people say it is, is not as good as the real C# which is part of visual studio.net

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Originally Posted by HanneSThEGreaT

Sorry to say but SharpDevelop as good as people say it is, is not as good as the real C# which is part of visual studio.net

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and that costs money but sharpdevelop is free.
Is Sharpdevelop a good simulation for VS?

Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Step by Step Book?

What would I get after that or is that enough?

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Originally Posted by JACKWEBS

and that costs money but sharpdevelop is free.
Is Sharpdevelop a good simulation for VS?

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I've used both VS 2003/2005/2008 and SharpDevelop. VS is very nice. However, my preferred IDE is SharpDevelop 4.0. I'd rather be able to install a single IDE on literally every machine I work on and always have a consistent development environment, even if it means forgoing a few features (actually, I'm not even sure that there are any I particularly miss). With VS, I'd be limited to installing it on just one machine and end up using SharpDevelop on the rest anyway.

I guess I should also respond to your primary query: I don't think using a different IDE than the books will be that harmful to your learning. The IDE is supposed to be kind of transparent; it's just tool. The harder part is learning to use the vast (read: wonderful!) .NET libraries, which you will learn independent of your choice of IDE.

As I always recommend, however, that you don't need a book. Choose a fun project and Google around to figure out how to do specific things (i.e. "<whatever> tutorial C#"). It's cheaper, faster and more targeted towards your specific learning objectives